Store Manager Dodges Shoplifter`s Car

Delray Beach -- The manager of the Eckerd Drug store at 318 NE Second Ave. told police he had to dodge a car driven by a woman he suspected of taking cosmetics from the store.

The manager said on Thursday that he saw the woman take items from the hair care section of the store and followed her out to her car, Delray Beach police said.

The woman got in her car, a 1980 Ford Pinto, and the manager tried unsuccessfully to open the locked door. When the woman started to leave the lot, the manager tried to stop her by standing in front of the car. The woman pulled around him, the report said.

The man said he had to jump out of the way of the vehicle to avoid being struck, according to the report.